A Delicate Forest Dance | Destination WILD

In the cloud forests, carnivorous Low's pitcher plants and shrews engage in a beneficial relationship.

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[MrTheWaterbear]

I love carnivorous plants - case studies in unique biological mechanisms that allow them to break the plant blessing/curse of photoautotrophism, incredible cases of convergent evolution, co-evolution and prioritization of pollination vs predation when their priority of attracting pollinators to their flowers conflict with their goal of attracting those same pollinators to catch and eat them.
I could list so much more, but I think this is a good start to explaining my fascination with such plants ^^

[crystalcear]

Look at that head stabilisation @ 1:54!

This is a fantastic capture! Thanks for sharing.

[avampirenamedenzi]

Tree shrews have ears just like the people's do *in my ZeFrank voice*

[exoticlonghair]

simpatico el proto changuito-ardilla, comiendo y pedorreandose en la flor

[MuhammadEgypt]

He's super fast. I don't think the cat caught him.

[fringelife]

Anyone else notice the ears are very similar to human ears. It's because they are related to primates!

[adipatikersani]

He super.. Powerfull claw powerfull eye sight.. Powerfull bite and yeah clever

[TitoTheThird]

It really looks like a toilet bowl at 1:37

[Solyom_Sam]

That cat is never under that shrew. In fact they do not meet, only at the cutting board. It's just a story that could happen but not in this film.

[TreDogOfficial]

I guess that is how you tame a shrew 😜

[klttrll]

2:04 IS THE CAT GOING FOR THE SHREW OR THE PITCHER BECAUSE I WOULD GO FOR THE PITCHER

[DJLucas-xvoe]

Closest relatives to rodents and lagomorphs

[MzKEEKo.]

I was today years old when I learned the tree shrew is actually a relative of primates, not squirrels!!! Why do they have squirrelly face?

[netweed]

Insect-catcher and toilet bowl all-in-1

sorted

[caroletomlinson]

Please don’t call tree shrews “a shrew.” Thanks!